Since the death of Steve Jobs, many are the collectors who are dedicating themselves to buy any product that is related to the figure of Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple with Steve Wozniak. Throughout the year, different items always come up for auction, almost always, we inform you from Soy de Mac.
Today again we talk about a new auction. This time it is a letter handwritten by Steve Jobs detailing the specifications of the Apple-1, along with its price ($ 75) the address where they could find it and its phone number. This document is also accompanied by 2 Polaroid photographs.
The document is accompanied by two Polaroids showing circuit boards for the Apple-1. While the more complete Apple-1 computers sold at the Byte store for $ 666, this unshielded printed circuit board it was sold to friends and acquaintances of Jobs. Steve. Jobs noted in this paper that the Apple-1 uses the 6800, 6501 or 6502 microprocessor, but adds that the 6501 or 6052 were recommended.
Apparently this manuscript was delivered in person to the Bohmans in the garage where it all began, during a hearing he made when he became interested in his work. The address shown on the manuscript corresponds to the one he had at that time, which was that of his adoptive parents.
Bohmans says he wants to sell it for about $ 60.000. The auction will be held on December 5 along with an Apple-1 and an Apple Lisa, whose approximate prices could reach 250.000-300.000 and 30.000-50.000 dollars respectively.
The price of the Apple-1 has varied greatly in recent years. In 2014, one sold for $ 905.000, while last year one was auctioned for just $ 112.000. The average auction price for this device is between $ 200.000-334.000.